Ardian FuGaA Kurtolli

Ardian FuGaA Kurtolli

A Creative Marketer, Artist and Gamer

ABOUT Ardian FuGaA Kurtolli

Hello! I am Ardian FuGaA Kurtolli from Prishtina, Kosovo. Most people know me either from my Artistic Career as a rapper or from my Gaming Career as a Gamer and community contributor. But few have information about my professional career and how I evolved from a Tech Freak to a Creative Director to a Professional Marketer. You can read about me as a Marketer, Artist, and Gamer in the sections below.

THE CREATIVE MARKETER

I was lucky to have a computer, and access to games and applications of all kinds during pre-war Kosovo. That made my connection with computers a natural connection since I was a young kid. By the age of 10, I knew Pascal and already had Dos and Windows 95 Certifications. As a 13-year-old, I was also the publisher of the 1st e-zine in Albanian called “Dardania Nentoka Digjitale” which had a lifespan of only 4 issues since the political situation in Kosovo and the Kosovo War. After the war in 1999, I join Comtrade Computers as a technical assistant. Very soon after that I was certified as a Microsoft Certified Professional and had two semesters of the Cisco CCNA Academy. Later on, I advanced as a Product Specials and Sales/Presales Consultant for Mobility and Server Solutions for the Fujitsu-Siemens Brand. In 2008 I switch industries since I feel that my creativity is left behind with too much technical work. I started working as a Creative Director in Entermedia and there we did magic for 4 years in a row producing over 84 Award-Winning Music Videos. In 2012, ZeroPozitive Publicis becomes my new workplace. I worked there as a Digital Marketing  Specialist until May 2014 when I join a fresh new agency with a fresh new team “R&M Communications “.In 2015 I enter Air Prishtina as a Marketing Manager and currently, I hold that position, totally lovin’ it! Doing an awesome Digital Transformation to the company and also refreshing the approach of marketing in the Kosovo Market. Also expanding my further knowledge in Digital Marketing specifically but also in creative thinking. My experience in the Tech, Marketing, and Entertainment industry makes me starve for innovations second after second.

THE ARTIST

Starting as a young boy listening Ice Cubes “Check yourself”, FuGaA started 1st steps in rapping angry by the rap culture that flowed in Kosova.FuGaA in 2003 united with Infinit Records and debuted 1st with disses, following his 1st Debute album “te dhena mbi autorin” in 2005, His 1st video single “Ska mu nal” left a mark in the TV’s and was crowned with 2 awards in the 2007 Video-Fest . FuGaA then goes to electro hip-hop beats in 2008 making “Electro” which is featuring the RnB artist Bubulina Krasniqi, mentioning on the song that these are 2010 beats that will follow. The revolution and trend movements in hip-hop come in Kosovo too especially the electro style comes into the mainstream during 2010.FuGaA’s organized professional comeback comes into play in 2010 with releasing of the 2 collaborations with Flori “Making Of” and Elvana “Mamani Nejen”.In 2014 FuGaA releases a hit single with Dj AndyGramm “ZERO” and later on with the fellow crew members from Infinit Records on behalf of their 10th anniversary they release the album INFI10 on a worldwide free web release at www.infi10.com.As far as the future projects are concerned, I am currently in the final stages of finishing my second album that consists of 15 tracks and will be released in early 2022.

THE GAMER

Gaming entered my soul when I was very young, i was one of the lucky kids in Kosovo to have relatives that were involved in the Tech-Industry so I had games in front of me since the Karateka era followed by Wolfenstein 3d, Mortal Kombat’s, Heretic, Zeliard, Prince and Supaplex and many more. After the war in Kosovo gaming started to grow so FuGaA grew as a gamer with it. Created and Managed CounteStrike and WoW teams/guilds with an international reputation. Now the founder of the first Gaming Company in Kosovo “Scuta Gaming”. With “Scuta Gaming”, FuGaA managed to put the flag of Kosovo for the 1st time in an international e-sports event during ESWC2012 main event in Paris where our Dota2 team had to compete against the worlds, top teams.I was also a Blizzard official Innkeeper and organized a few local Hearthstone Gatherings, in this time also an ESL referee in the Hearthstone section. To contribute to the community I also did my MBA dissertation on the topic of “The importance of a well-developed organisational structure for esports organisations: A perspective from Kosovo esports teams and organisations”. I casually stream at www.twitch.tv/fugaa


  • Date of birth
    February 12th 1985
  • Languages
    Albanian,English,Serbian,German
  • Hobbies
    Writing,Gaming,Drawing,Taekwondo
  • Website
    www.fugaa.com

Testimonials

I would like his work to speak for itself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqTMbK0rd1w

This TV commercial was a major breakthrough for my company Prishtina Golf, it generated lots of interest, and helped place Prishtina Golf at the exact audience I intended on reaching. Working with Ardian has been an absolute pleasure, I absolutely enjoyed every bit of his creativity.(November 8, 2011, Edona was Ardian’s client)

Edona Kurtolli Alija – Project management and communication professional

Ardian has taken up the challenge of putting together many hundreds of people for our Kosovo ad. It wasn’t an easy task in a place with yet very little experience and no talent agencies. He managed to bring me choice and characters above my expectations. (November 6, 2011, Eric was Ardian’s client)

Eric Will – Director @ Freelance

Very experienced guy with fresh and deep look for a new things, that can bring many interesting things to any project he will take care of.(July 23, 2015, Dmitriy worked directly with Ardian at INFIPLAY)

Dmitriy Khoriev – CIS eSports Partnerships Specialist @ G2A.com

Adrian is the creative driving force behind the very successful production company Entermedia. He is an incredibly driven creative with a paramount attention to detail. He has a great knowledge of technology and traditional storytelling, combining both to create cleaver and interesting advertising!(December 6, 2011, Bes was with another company when working with Ardian at Entermedia Creative Agency)

Bes Bujupi – Senior Art Director @AKQA

EXPERIENCE

Development Outreach & Communication Assistant (Social Media) - USAID Kosovo

Jul 2018 to Present

Main duties include but are not limited to:
-Management of Social Media Channels of the USAID mission in Kosovo to increase user engagement towards the mission channels. Including paid campaigns budgeting, creation, optimization, and management.
-Creation of digital assets, photo, and video (e.g. Social media posts, social media videos, pictograms, info-graphs, etc). Including video pre and post-production, video recording, photo-shooting, video editing, photo correction, and other post-production tasks regarding content.
-Curating real-time, 24 hours, social media channels including responding to social media inquiries and comments.
Providing reports regarding social media channels performance to mission front office.
-Coordinating and planning events with the rest of the Development Outreach and Communications team.
-Planning and executing taskers related to specific campaigns. (I.E. “20th Anniversary Campaign”)
-Assisting the Embassy Public Affairs team with different taskers (i.e. VIP / Ambassador Event Photography) upon request.

-Leading the creative team of video, graphic, and 3d professionals to assist the product and sales teams with different creative
assets.
-Providing and supporting the overall team during its preparations for the second Kickstarter campaign and launch of the HELLO 2
product line.
-Leading the creative team to develop the landing pages for the new products and also making sure that the current web presence
is up to date.
-Leading the digital creative team of social media professionals to ensure steady social media growth and also channel and
audience growth hacking for upcoming product launches, including content creation.
-Collaborating with data scientists to develop new approaches towards paid advertising and audience growth using academic
marketing frameworks.

-Developed and managed the strategy for Facebook audience growth and engagement. Audience growth from 35k to 50k within the first 6 months, followed by a 100% growth and overpassing 100,000 likes in the next 12 months.
-Collaborated with DigitasLBi to do a new brand visual guide book following a new website redesign project that resulted in a top-notch booking website centered around easy user experience.
-Collaborated with KOMFO and their dedicated customer success team to manage social media channels via their platform and ensure the most optimal ad spend per result.
-Collaborated with Revolt Agency to create innovative content for Social Media, including the “Digital Bites” that were content based on user microdata. The content got international media attention.
-Collaborated with Cineplexx Kosovo cinema on launch to do an exclusive auditorium take-over branded with “Air Prishtina”. Following exclusive social media movie ticket giveaways.
-Collaborated with Base Agency to launch an exclusive image campaign that resulted in getting over 1M Facebook views in the main ad video, following it with an exclusive tailored social media campaign. The campaign was extended and connected with the Euro 2016 tournament, that part of the campaign was requested to be presented in the Komfo Summit due to its innovative approach.
-Created CSR campaigns for New Years’ delivering custom gift packages to children with special needs.
-Conceptualized and Managed the creation of a new product for the company, “Time to Discover” tours, offering one-week all-inclusive experiences in Kosovo and Macedonia for international travelers.

www.airprishtina.com

Founder - SCUTA GAMING

2012 to present

SCUTA Gaming is created to be the 1st professional Gaming Community and eSports Organization in Kosova.

www.scuta-gaming.com

Founding Member & Artist - INFINIT Records

2003 to present

INFINIT RECORDS, is one of the oldest labels and hiphop organisations in Kosovo. Since 2003 we delivered a new unique experience to our listeners with ice-breaking beats,lyrics and shows.
INFINIT RECORDS has produced many albums, artists, collaborations, music for our core artists and also the elite of the music industry in Kosovo/Albania.

Our core members include artists like:
Da Ghost
K-Master
BizzyB
Ekrem Gj.
FuGaA
Albanian Link
G-Fighter

ESL Hearthstone Admin - ESL / Turtle Entertainment

2015-2016

ESL Administrator for Ranked/Ladder/League/Cup Referee Trainee in the Hearthstone section of ESL.

Marketing Manager - INFIPLAY

2015-2015

Marketing Manager for the Europe Releases.

My job position is for our Europe game releases and includes:

Writing Marketing Briefs
Writing Promotional Briefs
Giving Presentations
Briefing Agencies and others
Reviewing marketing offers
Monitoring a campagin’s progress
Compiling marketing strategies

Digital Marketing Specialist - R&M Communications

2014-2015

My Position Includes:

Digital Marketing Development & Cordination
Audio / Video Conceptualising & Cordination
General Creative Input
Research & Research proposals

Digital Marketing Specialist - Zero Pozitive Publicis

2012-2014

Zero Pozitive Publicis has derived from the first advertising agency in Kosovo established in 1999.

Six years later, in 2005 Zero Pozitive LLC was established to deliver comprehensive marketing communication services in Kosovo and Albania.

In 2006 Zero Pozitive was accredited as The Associate Agency of the Publicis Worldwide Network. Today, Zero Pozitive Publicis is the fastest growing marketing communications firm in Kosovo.

My Position Includes:

Digital Marketing Development & Cordination
Audio / Video Conceptualising & Cordination
General Creative Input
Research & Research proposals

Chief Creative Director - ENTERMEDIA Creative Agency

2007-2011

-Created 84+ concept scripts for Award-Winning Music Videos.
-Created 15+ concept scripts for different brand commercials.
-Assisted the main director during production and supervised the VFX & editing team to ensure the delivery of our creative ideat-to-screen approach with all video products.
-Executed the role of casting director, interviewing over 800 candidates and coordinating them as the 2nd assistant director during the “Kosovo Young Europeans” video project that is the biggest to date domestically.
-Managed VIP Artist client relations to ensure the most efficient client time management, product quality, and service satisfaction. Contributing also as an executive producer, lyricist, and consultant in several music projects.
-Co-developed a strategic growth plan with initial owners that resulted in the creation of several specialized sister companies and upgrading the initial company from a partnership to a group level.

You Can View Most of The Projects here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/granittyy#g/u

Server and Mobility Sales And Presales Specialist - COMTRADE Computers

2001-2007

From a PC Service Position to Sales then Server and Mobility Sales and Presales Specialist, my position included consulting clients to get their maximum performance via our FujitsuSiemens Products.
From Mobility Tablets,SmartPhones,Laptops to High End Server Solutions


TEST SCORES & CERTIFICATIONS

Diagnostics at Digital Marketing Institute

Score = 77.8%

General Digital Marketing / Questions:54 / Score:77.8%
Social / Questions:29 / Score:79.3%
Quick Diagnostic / Questions:12 / Score:75.0%

Microsoft Certified Professional

May 2003

Microsoft Certified Professional ID: 296527

Cisco Networking Academy Program Semesters 1 and 2

November 2001

Certiicate#: 145751-498566-562770

Personal Computer Apllication Cosisting of : WINDOWS 95

November 1996

COMTRADE Computers Certificate


EDUCATION

Staffordshire University

2012-2014

Business Management and Enterpreneurship

Transfered from Albanian Courses at Riinvest University to Staffordshire University Programe at Riinvest College

Business Management and Enterpreneurship
The BA (Hons) Business Management and Entrepreneurship award aims to develop the students knowledge of established theories in the field of Entrepreneurial management. The award offers an opportunity for students to develop a critical perspective on the application of these theories in the context of enterprising initiatives, which take account of the dynamic changing business environment, and the complexities of operating within different organizational cultural settings.

Riinvest University

2008-2014

ECONOMICS

Re -stared Economics in Riinvest private University, finished 1st year full good grades, got involved in major projects and reorganization in the company and now i partially do exam after exam. Currently on the 2nd year and continuing..

University of Prishtina

2003-2004

ECONOMICS

Economics

Compteded 1st Year with very good grades then i left because of the economical situation i had to work.

Xhevdet Doda High School

1999-2003

ECONOMICS

Natural and Math Sciences

Extra Activities: Xhevdet Doda IT Student Group


SKILLS

Creativity is the base upon which all my skills are based, constant contact with the artistic and gaming world opens a new spectrum of creative thinking each day.

Creative Writing
95%
Social Media Management
95%
Digital Marketing
95%
Lyrics Writing
90%
Directing
50%
eSports Team & Event Management
90%
WordPress
100%
SEO
90%
Photoshop
80%
Executive Music Producing
80%

My PORTFOLIO

  • All
  • Music Videos
  • Video Ads
  • Video Ads Projects
    Video Ads Projects
  • Music Videos Projects
    Music Videos Projects

CONTACT FuGaA

  • E-mail
    ardian.kurtolli@gmail.com

 

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